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Large-Scale Underground Energy Storage/Conversion Technologies Integrated with Renewable Energy Sources

A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "D: Energy Storage and Application".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 April 2025 | Viewed by 7149

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Dr. Jifang Wan

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School of Mechanical Engineering, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434023, China
Interests: underground energy storage; unconventional oil and gas drilling and completion; downhole tools
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Dr. Juan Fang

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School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
Interests: energy storage; solar energy; energy systems
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Dr. Wei Liu

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School of Resources and Safety Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China
Interests: energy (oil/gas/hydrogen/CO2) storage in underground space; coal bed methane exploration; mining economy and investment
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Dr. Cancan Zhang

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Faculty of Environment and Life, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100044, China
Interests: thermal energy storage; heat transfer enhancement; solar energy utilization
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Dr. Tao Meng

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School of Energy and Materials Engineering, Taiyuan University of Science and Technology, Taiyuan 030021, China
Interests: energy (oil/gas/hydrogen/CO₂) storage in underground space; mining tunnels; fracture mechanics; solid-fluid thermal coupling
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

In recent decades, the utilization of renewable energy sources has progressively claimed a substantial share within the comprehensive energy framework. Simultaneously, large-scale underground energy storage technology has emerged as a pivotal and innovative storage solution for harnessing high-quality renewable energies and optimizing power systems. This subterranean storage approach presents a viable means to mitigate the pronounced oscillations between energy production and consumption across short, medium, and long-term horizons. Consequently, it assumes paramount significance in advancing the green energy transition, safeguarding energy security, enhancing the efficiency of energy development, and mounting a resilient response to the challenges precipitated by climate change.

This Special Issue is curated and supervised by a consortium of distinguished scholars hailing from Yangtze University, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Chongqing University, Beijing University of Technology, and Taiyuan University of Science and Technology. Its principal objective is to furnish a comprehensive outlook and a collaborative arena for the progression and ingenuity in the domain of large-scale underground energy storage technology. It further seeks to foster interdisciplinary collaboration among diverse fields and industries. We extend an invitation for the submission of original research papers and comprehensive reviews aimed at enhancing the landscape of subterranean large-scale energy storage solutions—an instrumental contribution toward expediting the shift towards a low-carbon economy. Accordingly, the primary areas of focus comprise, though are not restricted to, the following:

  • Underground compressed air energy conversion and storage;
  • Large-scale geological storage of special resources;
  • Depleted gas reservoirs and aquifer gas storage;
  • Geological safety of pumped storage;
  • Utilization of underground space based on the carbon cycle;
  • Comprehensive utilization of abandoned mine resources;
  • Energy storage wellbore integrity testing and tools;
  • Seepage mechanisms and simulation of tight reservoirs;
  • Deep and ultra-deep petroleum systems;
  • Underground storage of solar energy;
  • Geothermal energy conversion and storage;
  • Hydrogen underground storage at large scale;
  • Other topics related to or similar to underground energy conversion and storage.

Dr. Jifang Wan
Dr. Juan Fang
Dr. Wei Liu
Dr. Cancan Zhang
Dr. Tao Meng
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • underground energy storage
  • underground energy conversion
  • gas storage
  • hydrogen
  • underground storage petroleum systems

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Characterization of Natural Gas Hydrate Constrained by Well and Seismic Data in Qiongdongnan Basin
by Han Yu, Ju Wang, Zhangshu Lei, Zenggui Kuang, Wei Deng and Lei Lu
Energies 2024, 17(21), 5411; https://doi.org/10.3390/en17215411 - 30 Oct 2024
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This study investigates the natural gas hydrates within the Qiongdongnan Basin by integrating well-log and seismic data. Through pre-stack inversion and rock physics analysis, key parameters such as P-wave and S-wave impedances were utilized to distinguish hydrate-bearing formations from other geological bodies. A [...] Read more.
This study investigates the natural gas hydrates within the Qiongdongnan Basin by integrating well-log and seismic data. Through pre-stack inversion and rock physics analysis, key parameters such as P-wave and S-wave impedances were utilized to distinguish hydrate-bearing formations from other geological bodies. A low-frequency model was constructed using the Inverse Distance Weighting (IDW) algorithm to improve the precision of parameter inversion. This study employs a multi-constraint inversion strategy, incorporating hard constraints from multiple wells and soft constraints from geological frameworks, ensuring reliable inversion results. Findings indicate that hydrate reservoirs are characterized by increased wave velocity and density due to hydrate accumulation, providing insights into the spatial distribution and characteristics of hydrates. This research enhances the understanding of hydrate reservoirs and offers valuable data for exploration in the Qiongdongnan Basin. Full article
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Performance Analysis and Optimization of Compressed Air Energy Storage Integrated with Latent Thermal Energy Storage
by Xiaoli Yu, Wenbo Dou, Zhiping Zhang, Yan Hong, Gao Qian and Zhi Li
Energies 2024, 17(11), 2608; https://doi.org/10.3390/en17112608 - 28 May 2024
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Recovering compression waste heat using latent thermal energy storage (LTES) is a promising method to enhance the round-trip efficiency of compressed air energy storage (CAES) systems. In this study, a systematic thermodynamic model coupled with a concentric diffusion heat transfer model of the [...] Read more.
Recovering compression waste heat using latent thermal energy storage (LTES) is a promising method to enhance the round-trip efficiency of compressed air energy storage (CAES) systems. In this study, a systematic thermodynamic model coupled with a concentric diffusion heat transfer model of the cylindrical packed-bed LTES is established for a CAES system, and the numerical simulation model is validated by experimental data in the reference. Based on the numerical model, the charging–discharging performance of LTES and CAES systems is evaluated under different layouts of phase change materials (PCMs) in LTES, and the optimal layout of PCM is specified as a three-stage layout, since the exergy efficiency of LTES and round-trip efficiency are improved by 8.2% and 6.9% compared with a one-stage layout. Then, the proportion of three PCMs is optimized using response surface methods. The optimization results indicate that the exergy efficiency of LTES and round-trip efficiency of the CAES system are expected to be 80.9% and 73.3% under the PCM proportion of 0.48:0.3:0.22 for three stages, which are 7.0% and 13.1% higher than the original three-stage PCMs with equal proportions. Full article
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Numerical Study on Heat Generation Characteristics of Charge and Discharge Cycle of the Lithium-Ion Battery
by Yuxuan Tan, Yue Li, Yueqing Gu, Wenjie Liu, Juan Fang and Chongchao Pan
Energies 2024, 17(1), 178; https://doi.org/10.3390/en17010178 - 28 Dec 2023
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Lithium-ion batteries are the backbone of novel energy vehicles and ultimately contribute to a more sustainable and environmentally friendly transportation system. Taking a 5 Ah ternary lithium-ion battery as an example, a two-dimensional axisymmetric electrochemical–thermal coupling model is developed via COMSOL Multiphysics 6.0 [...] Read more.
Lithium-ion batteries are the backbone of novel energy vehicles and ultimately contribute to a more sustainable and environmentally friendly transportation system. Taking a 5 Ah ternary lithium-ion battery as an example, a two-dimensional axisymmetric electrochemical–thermal coupling model is developed via COMSOL Multiphysics 6.0 in this study and then is validated with the experimental data. The proportion of different types of heat generation in a 26,650 ternary lithium-ion battery during the charge/discharge cycle is investigated numerically. Moreover, the impact of essential factors such as charge/discharge multiplier and ambient temperature on the reaction heat, ohmic heat, and polarization heat are analyzed separately. The numerical results indicate that the total heat generated by the constant discharge process is the highest in the charging and discharging cycle of a single battery. The maximum heat production per unit volume is 67,446.99 W/m3 at 2 C multiplier discharge. Furthermore, the polarization heat presents the highest percentage in the charge/discharge cycle, reaching up to 58.18% at 0 C and 1 C multiplier discharge. In a high-rate discharge, the proportion of the reaction heat decreases from 34.31% to 12.39% as the discharge rate increases from 0.5 C to 2 C. As the discharge rate rises and the ambient temperature falls, the maximum temperature increase of the single-cell battery also rises, with a more pronounced impact compared to increasing the discharge rate. Full article
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Feasibility Analysis on Compression-Assisted Adsorption Chiller Using Chlorides for Underground Cold Transportation
by Meng Yu, Suke Jin, Wenyun Zhang, Guangyue Xia, Baoqin Liu and Long Jiang
Energies 2023, 16(24), 7963; https://doi.org/10.3390/en16247963 - 8 Dec 2023
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Thermal-driven refrigeration technologies, e.g., absorption- or adsorption-type, are gathering momentum since they can utilize low-grade heat from industrial, solar or geothermal energy. However, heat sources and end users are usually mismatched, which could lead to potential heat pollution and increased carbon emissions. Long-distance [...] Read more.
Thermal-driven refrigeration technologies, e.g., absorption- or adsorption-type, are gathering momentum since they can utilize low-grade heat from industrial, solar or geothermal energy. However, heat sources and end users are usually mismatched, which could lead to potential heat pollution and increased carbon emissions. Long-distance thermal energy transportation is good for district heating and cooling, which is of great significance if it can achieve a high energy-transportation density and low heat loss. In this paper, a compression-assisted chemisorption chiller driven by a low-temperature heat source for cold transportation is initially proposed, which aims to transport liquid ammonia with chemical potential and generate a cooling effect for end users. A feasibility analysis of the compression-assisted chemisorption chiller is preliminarily performed for 2 km cold transportation. The results show that the highest theoretical coefficient of performance and the energy efficiency of the compression-assisted adsorption chiller using a sodium bromide–ammonia working pair can reach 0.46 and 0.25, respectively, when the evaporation temperature is 20 °C. Among the three selected low-temperature salts, ammonium chloride–ammonia shows the best performance, which is up to about 40% higher than those of sodium bromide–ammonia and barium chloride–ammonia. It is demonstrated that compared with common absorption chillers, a compression-assisted adsorption system has a reasonable working efficiency to transport cold energy when the low- or ultralow-temperature heat source, e.g., lower than 60 °C, is required to be utilized. Full article
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